In 2026 the Neo robot, the figure 3 and the Tesla bot are going mainstream in countries like America and I’m pretty sure other western countries.
What are your thoughts on it?
I also want to mention. I notice allot of people on Lemmy lack imagination about where this A.I. BS is going in society. They think it’s far fetch for these AI to be more than language models. I’ll let you know right now. That is not the case
I am skeptical. The Neo robot is basically a Mechanical Turk with extra steps.
I can’t prove it but the Figure 3 gives me even more vaporware flags.
As for the Tesla bot, it’s the least scammy of the bunch, but this is on the “we promise to put robots in your house in 2026” scale. It wouldn’t be the first time Tesla overset expectations.
None of these companies are straightforwardly showing extended, unedited footage of these robots operating in full AI mode in an uncontrolled realworld environment for a reason.
Humanoid household robots are the new (edit: I suppose not new, but resurging) fascination, but they are dumb. If someone wants to automate away chores it’s going to be by increasing smarthome capabilities and integration, and/or by having improved standalone robots and automation, like roombas, if they aren’t going all in on integrated smarthome tech. Success in automation will be with specific use robots and pieces of automation, ideally working together, not a Cylon lumbering around.